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G. P.. HAWKES.

I POUNTMN PEN. No. 253,283.

Patented Feb. 7,1882. Y

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ATTORNEY.

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Usare@ @raras Param* GEORGE F. HA/VKES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,283, dated February7, 1882.

Application nica April 1, 1881. (No model.)

i To alt whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE F. HAWKEs, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fountain-Pens, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is conned to that class'of fountain-pens wherein a curvedfeedingspout I ervoir having an air-tube extending from the upper end ofthe handle downward and into the pen section at the lower end, theair-tube being closed at the upper end by a screw-cap; secondly, ascrew-coupling which connects the handle-reservoir with a detachablepen-section, which latter has a curved spout that supplies the ink tothe nib of the pen. The screwcoupling is provided with an interiorannular recess, which forms a space around the shank of the pen-sectionfor inserting and securely holding the pen. y I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical centralsection of my improved fountain-pen, and' Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 aredetailed side views, respectively, of the han` die-reservoir, theair-tube, the screw-coupling, and the pen-section, shown as detachedfrom each other.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre! spending parts.

A in the drawings represents the hollow handle or reservoir of myimproved fountainpen, and B the screw-coupling which connects thehandle-reservoir A with the pen-section O. The handle-reservoirfA isscrewed onto the eXteriorly-threaded rear end of the coupling B, whilethe pen-section O is inserted into the opposite socket-shaped end of thecoupling until a shoulder, c, ofthe pen-section O comes in contact withan interior shoulder or contraction, b, of the screw-coupling. Anair-tube, D, extends through the entire length of the handle A, and istightly secured to the upper end of the handle A by a sleeve, d, whichis made in one piece with the air-tube, or of a separate piece, asdesired. rEhe sleeve d tits by a collar, d', onto the end of the handleA, and is threaded above the collar d', it being provided with avent-l1ole,cl2,iu theusual manner, which is closedV by a screw-cap, D.The screwcap D' closes the air-tube and handle when screwed down tightlyto the collar d. By unscrewing the screw-cap D air is admitted to theinside of the fountain-pen, the same passing down through theair-tubeand through one or more air-holes at its lower end, so as to give ventto the ink in the handle-reservoir. The air-tube D is made long enoughso as to extend through the entire length of the handle into thepen-section, as shown in Fig. 1. The inl; is conducted from thehandle-reservoir A through the screw-coupling B into the pen-section O,and through a'valved and beakshaped spout, C', to the nib of the pen.The beak-shaped end of the spout C tits closely to the under side of thepen and supplies the ink thereto. The pen itself is irmly secured bybeing inserted into an annular socket-shaped recess, e, which is formedin the vscrew-coupling around the shank of the pen-section, as shownclearly in Fig. 1, which annular recess enables the pen to be always setexactly above the beak-shaped spout of the pen-section. The annularrecess c in the screw-coupling has the advantage that it can he turnedout with great facility, so as to dispense with the difficult sawingoutof a segmental space or recess by means of a curved saw, asheretofore in fountain-pens. By means of the screw-coupling anddetachable air-tube the fountain-pen may be readily taken to pieces andentirely cleaned of any adhering ink, as access is cthen given to everypart thereof-to wit, to the handle, air-tube, screw-coupling, andpen-section.

For carrying the fountain-pen in the pocket a cap is placed over thepen-section and se;y

.cured to the lower end of the screw-coupling for protecting the pen, asshown in Fig. l. A further advantage of this construction offountain-pens is that the same may be readily filled by unscrewing thecoupling from the lower end of the handle-reservoir, in the same manneras stylographic pens, so that the pen offers to par- IOO ties who do notlike to write with stylogruphic pens all the facilities of the sume,while permitting the use ot common or gold pens.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten tl. The combination, in u fountain-pen, of areservoir-handle, u detachable pen-section pro vided with u curved spoutadapted to feed ink to a common pen, n coupling' between the pensectionand reservoir-handle, and a detaclmble air-tube having a perforated endextended into the pen-section, substantially as described. 2. Thecombination, in a fountain-pen, of u reservoir-lmndle, n detachablepen-section provided near its upper end with :t shoulder, und

